Yanling.
It was the only city in the Chu Country that stored more grain.
Other than Chengfu, Yanling had the most grain.
At this moment, Li Xin had already brought 200,000 troops to Yanling City.
The Yanling Defender General had already reached the top of the city wall and was anxiously commanding the Chu soldiers to set up defenses.
After seeing the formation of Li Xin's army, he swallowed his saliva.
"With such a large number of Qin troops, my Yanling will definitely defeat them…"
Then, he ordered his scouts,"Quick, send the news of the Qin army appearing in Yanling to Xiang City. We must let General Xiang Yan know!"”
"Yes!"
He was not stupid to be able to become the general guarding an important city like Yanling.
The sudden appearance of Li Xin's army was undoubtedly a crucial piece of information.
Such important information naturally had to be made known to General Xiang Yan immediately.
Only then could Xiang Yan think of a countermeasure.
Knowing that the troops in his hands were unable to resist Li Xin's army, sending out the news in time to recover the losses was undoubtedly the best choice.
After a day and night of rapid advancement, Li Xin also received news from Meng Tian on the way.
After learning that the Lord of Chang Ping, Xiong Qi, had chosen to betray Qin and that Meng Tian had led the army to regain control of Chen Ying, Li Xin was relieved.
Everything was going according to his plan.
"Attack the city!"
Li Xin stood on the high platform of the central army and drew out the sword at his waist. With a command, the Qin army began to move!
The front line army was divided into several groups, holding ladders and other siege equipment. Under the command of their respective lieutenants, they charged towards Yanling City.
As Li Xin's 200,000 strong army was marching at a high speed, in order to pursue speed, they didn't bring along more powerful engineering tools such as catapults.
"Hurry up! Prepare the heavy crossbows!"
The general of Yanling City quickly ordered.
Even if Li Xin's army was many times stronger than the Yanling defenders, he would try his best to stop the Qin army from attacking the city.
It was the main force of the Chu army, buying time for Chu.
The general of the city guard believed that as long as this news reached Xiang Yan's hands.
Xiang Yan, who was regarded as the God of War by the Chu Country, would definitely come up with a countermeasure.
The Chu Country would not be easily defeated!
Moreover, after observing, he found that although Li Xin led a large number of Qin troops, they did not carry heavy siege weapons.
As the defender, he had the Yanling City Wall to rely on.
The city was strong and sturdy. Even if the Qin Country's bows and arrows far surpassed the Chu Country's, he could still rely on the advantage of defending to make the Qin army pay a certain price!
The archers of the city defenders stood on the city wall, and their shooting range was much higher than that of the attackers.
In addition, they had heavy crossbows, which were powerful weapons for defending the city!
Therefore, although the general was panicking, he was not in despair.
However, in the next moment, the little bit of hope in his heart was completely shattered.
Before the Chu army could prepare their heavy crossbows, a wave of arrows shot out from the Qin army!
A large number of arrows drew an arc in the air, then covered the sky as they fell towards the city wall.
The general who was commanding the Chu army raised his head. His pupils constricted as he looked at the scene of arrows raining down with fear.
He had never imagined that even though Great Qin was famous for its crossbows, it would not be able to shoot arrows directly from the army formation to the city walls.
Before he died, the general only had one sentence in his heart.
Great Qin's powerful bows and crossbows were simply terrifying!
"Whoosh!"
Then, several arrows pierced through his body and he fell off the city wall.
"Not good! The general was shot and died!"
"Ah!"
"I've been shot, I've been shot!"
"Help! Help!"
In an instant, the walls of Yanling City were like a living hell. Arrows from the Qin army and dead Chu soldiers were everywhere.
There were even more Chu soldiers who had not been hit by the arrows struggling in pain.
"Second echelon, release!"
Following Li Xin's order, the number of Chu soldiers standing on the walls of Yanling became even smaller.
After three rounds of arrow rain, the Yanling garrison had no more strength to resist.
The vanguard of the Qin army had successfully set up the scaling ladder!
A large number of elite Qin soldiers climbed up the walls of Yanling.
An hour later, Yanling City was breached!
The Chu Country's flag on the city wall was cut in half and replaced with the Great Qin's black flag!
Li Xin led his army into the City, and under his orders, Great Qin's 200,000 soldiers cleared out the battlefield and quickly rested.
Just as he was looking at his stats page and thinking about how useful the Shooting Halo was, a Great Qin Lieutenant came over to report the situation.
"General! Our army only lost 2,000 men in this battle!”
"The injured soldiers have all been treated. Including the soldiers who died, we only lost less than 5,000 people!”
"This is a great victory, General!"
The lieutenant was unusually excited.
He had been in the army for many years and had participated in countless battles, big and small. He had never seen a siege battle where the attackers could win and occupy the city with such little losses.
Hearing the captain's report, Li Xin frowned,"What is it? Our army lost nearly 5,000 combat power in this battle?”
Seeing Li Xin's frown, the lieutenant was stunned,"5,000 is too little, General. At least I have never encountered a situation where I can take a city at such a price. Moreover, Yanling City is very strong.”
"Sigh, we've sacrificed 2,000 or so of our brothers, and 3,000 have been injured and lost their ability to fight. These are all Great Qin's disciples!”Li Xin sighed.
In his opinion, with the support of his Shooting Halo, the defenders of Yanling City had no chance of resisting.
Under such circumstances, he had still lost nearly 5,000 combat power. It was truly not right.
The lieutenant was moved. So the general was feeling sorry for the soldiers who had sacrificed and were injured!
The general really loved his soldiers like his own children!
"General, don't be sad. Now that our army has broken through Yanling, the destruction of Chu is just around the corner!”
Li Xin put away the emotions in his heart and nodded,"En, order the soldiers to hurry up and rest. They will still leave the city in the evening, bypass the main force of the Chu army, and attack Chengfu!”
"Yes!"
"General, may I ask how to deal with the grain in Yanling City?”
Li Xin's face turned ruthless,"Have the soldiers bring five days 'worth of rations and burn the rest!"”
"Only five days of provisions? This…"
"Don't worry, once our army attacks Chengfu, we will be able to replenish our supplies.”
The lieutenant no longer hesitated and hurriedly cupped his hands."Yes!"
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